“Alphabetvm Græcv” by Johann Theodor Bry, 1596
☛ Harvard Library: Alphabeten vnd aller Art Characteren, “Alphabetvm Græcv” (cropped), published in Franckfurt by Johann Theodore and Johann Israel de Bry, Anno M.D.XCVI (1596). HOLLIS no. 007303732. Two more similar images are available online via the HOLLIS catalogue (same link). They are part of a larger portfolio described as follows: Consists of letterpress title-page […]
Type Matters! by Jim Williams (2012)
☛ Merrell: Type Matters! by Jim Williams, New York: Merrell, 2012, 160 pp. Amazon (with preview), Google Books (no preview). From the publisher website: Once upon a time, only typesetters needed to know about kerning, leading, ligatures and hanging punctuation. Today, however, most of us work on computers, with access to hundreds of fonts, and […]
The Neon Boneyard
☛ idsgn: “Typographic Oasis: The Neon Bonyard” by Josh Smith, May 18, 2011 / Photograph: “Motel (with Color TV)”, September 25, 2010. All photos taken by Josh Smith and Skylar Challand for idsgn.org. Photographed with permission at The Neon Museum, Las Vegas, Nevada. © idsgn, 2011. Far from the intellectual boomtowns, surrounded by desert, in […]
“Erik Spiekermann. Putting Back the Face into Typeface” (Gestalten.tv, 2011)
☛ Gestalten.tv: “Erik Spiekermann. Putting Back the Face into Typeface”, 13’03”, February 1st, 2011. Flash needed. The above video was embedded from Vimeo which supports HTML5 playback. Another reminder that I should (will) take the time one day to write something about the design of ideas. I’m deeply convinced that one can talk about the […]
